Video: Digital Cowboy's spy pen camcorder

See the camera? Good, neither will the person you're spying on. That's Digital Cowboy's latest take on the digital spy pen. The ¥17,800 (about $175) DVR-BP features a 1-mm pinhole CMOS camera, mic, 2-hour battery, and 2GB of memory to store all your video deceit at 352 x 288 pixels and 15fps. Coming April 24th to a GAP changing room near you. Sample video of a uh, pussy cat after the break.

[Via Impress]

[webon @ Apr 24th 2008 2:10AM]

Heeeeey

wheres the GAP changing room video promised?

[webon @ Apr 24th 2008 2:12AM]

That was a lame "pussy video" trick you pulled on us

[xSwamp @ Apr 24th 2008 2:55AM]

Here i was expecting p0rn.

[Schfelzerberg @ Apr 24th 2008 2:11AM]

Q: 007, you were supposed to capture a video of the terrorist boss in the casino, not pr0n!
007: Pr0n? Look at that guy whipping those bitches, he's the boss. Blame the shitty QCIF resolution.
Q: QC... I... what? Whatever. Oh fiddlesticks. Stupid cheap camera sensor.

[Schfelzerberg @ Apr 24th 2008 2:13AM]

CIF resolution. My bad. Still shitty though unless you're using it to upload YouTube quality pr0n.

[smk @ Apr 24th 2008 3:19AM]

You mean pornotube, right? oops.

[OVerclockerX @ Apr 24th 2008 2:21AM]

lol, the cat ran away.

This pen/camera actually isn't too bad

[youngcalihottie @ Apr 27th 2008 9:04PM]

not bad at all... ...if you want everyone to sound like aliens. lol. listen to the vids. any sound is like its coming from space. :P

[Jeff @ Apr 24th 2008 11:24AM]

no kidding... looks as good or better (or even MUCH better) than like 95% of the cameraphones out there...

[Speeddemon2008 @ Apr 24th 2008 2:41AM]

looks better than some cell phone cams. not bad.

[max @ Apr 24th 2008 2:49AM]

See you space cowboy

[Jules @ Apr 24th 2008 2:54AM]

Nothing new, already available @ eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.nl/MINI-SPY-PEN-COLOUR-CCTV-CAMERA-RECORDER-DVR-AUDIO-USB_W0QQitemZ190214710492QQihZ009QQcategoryZ48632QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[youngcalihottie @ Apr 27th 2008 9:03PM]

thats the 1 gb model

[BowserUSC @ Apr 24th 2008 3:16AM]

So the camera is that little dot right above the clip, right?

Not that hard to spot, at least I'd wonder what it is if I didn't assume it was a camera.

[Armoured @ Apr 24th 2008 4:22AM]

First thing I'll do is open it up and take out the camera and use it for other things I have always wanted to do...

[evldead123 @ Apr 24th 2008 4:59AM]

remember youtube compresses the hell out of their vids too. so the quality might not be quite as bad as it looks.

[maff @ Apr 24th 2008 7:18AM]

new HQ mode on youtube should rectify this, surprised they didn't use it for this video, sheesh!

[Cassini @ Apr 24th 2008 7:25AM]

They need to make the video 30fps. And they could adjust the shape or dimensions of the pen so it could accept microSD cards.

[superfresh @ Apr 24th 2008 8:06AM]

Done.

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-HDR-CX7-Definition-Camcorder-Optical/dp/B000PQHMGO/ref=pd_bbs_7?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1209038701&sr=8-7

[Cassini @ Apr 28th 2008 5:09AM]

Um, Super, the product you provided a link to? That's not a pen. Naturally, we can get the specs I mentioned in standard video camera. I'm talking about integrating those two features in this pen.

[Joe @ Apr 24th 2008 8:14AM]

Congratulations on spamming a site that doesn't exist.

[Alex Moyler @ Apr 24th 2008 8:57AM]

Is there an alien landing somewhere in the background?

[takamaru @ Apr 24th 2008 9:53AM]

Aww that cat was cute! Oh, wait...

[sam @ Apr 24th 2008 12:10PM]

anyone know where i can buy one of these?

[godseyesore @ Apr 24th 2008 1:32PM]

If that image is definitive, the pen is WORTHLESS.

[coleman @ Apr 24th 2008 8:58PM]

So...would it seem odd if I carried this pen on, say, my shoe?

Kidding?

[kg1 @ Apr 25th 2008 12:09AM]

Will the camera still work if I use it to stab someones eye out? I mean "allegedly" stab said eye out.

[ThePete @ Apr 25th 2008 4:31AM]

Yeah, what they don't tell you is that the pen is actually the size of a bottle of wine.

How about a shot of the camera pen in the mirror for scale, 007? Hmmm?


That *is* some hot pussy, though...

[David Gilmour @ Apr 25th 2008 4:51PM]

Yeah, but can it write on paper as well?